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Mar. 21, 2007

Are you 'shiny' enough?

Ethan & Jaeden noticed that Dad's truck was really dirty and so they thought, "It would be great to wash Dad's truck for him!"  So they found a pail of water in the garage and a couple of sponges and away they went happily washing Dad's truck.  Well....you can imagine what the truck looked like after a 6 and a 4 year old 'washed' Dad's truck.  There were streaks of mud down the sides and handprints all over the side of the truck including the fenders!  They probably even scratched the paint up using the dirty water and rubbing the mud around.  Keep in mind this is our company truck which has lettering and phone number decals on it.

Randy got home and saw the truck and thought, "Oh man.....my truck!"  He could've gave the kids heck for it or pointed out to the kids all the spots they missed or even gotten out the sponge himself and cleaned it up but he didn't.  He knew that they were so happy and excited to be 'blessing' Dad by washing his dirty truck and making it so 'shiny' for him that he left it just the way it was.  See, to Randy it's not about how good a job they do;  It's about where their heart is while they're doing it. 

 

How much so is it with God?  When we do something for God He's looking at our heart.  He doesn't care how shiny or how perfect you execute your act of worship or prayer or whatever you're doing for God because He sees your heart.  How awful it would be if He expected us to do it perfect before He would accept our praise or worship or prayers!

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Mar. 29, 2007 - "Shiny" Enough

Posted by Laverne
Wow! What a great story! Tell Randy great job! I wish I had been there to see the cute little munchkins washing the truck, and see their faces when Randy got home! Did you take pics??
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